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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Parental Parody Review : Caffeine, my other great love

Following what was possibly the best 2 weeks of my life, thoroughly testing and reviewing both Yellowglen Spritz and Taylors Wines products for you (you're so welcome. So, so, so welcome), I bring you the third and final review....

Toby's Estate coffee and tea.

The good stuff, too. None of that instant crap or dangly bag business.

I once coveted a job at Starbucks, such is my love of and dependence upon coffee.

It was both a beautiful dream and a life plan to spend my days creating caffeine masterpieces in return for an endless supply of free caffeine for myself. This grand life plan was shattered when I found out that employees still have to pay for their coffee.

Firstly, I just want to put your mind at ease by saying that Toby's Estate beans are not crapped out the back end of an animal. I don't care how exclusive it is, I just can't do it - the drinking or the 'production'. Toby's Estate beans are sourced from around the globe, then bought back to Australia for roasting, ne'er to pass through the internal workings of a living thing, pre-consumption.

I was without coffee machine when I received this, and so I spent the first 2 days walking around with the bag held up to my nose. It smells so divine that I seriously considered #1 Hubby's smart ass suggestion that I gaffa tape the packet to my face and go hands-free.

I live for the day someone creates those smelly tree air fresheners in the scent of fresh coffee.

When #1 Nana coughed up her coffee machine I was in heaven. It's creamy, it's rich, it tastes as good as my favourite Cafe Barista's efforts.

Head to the Toby's Estate website and order some for yourself. Beans or pre-ground, they do both. There's a huge range to choose from, including Decaf. They even have Fairtrade Organic and Sustainability blends, so you can feel like you're saving the planet, one cup at a time.

In addition to my coffee addiction, I'm also a bit partial to a good cup of tea. But it has to be really good stuff to tear me away from coffee.

"TOBY'S BREAKFAST BLEND"

This traditional recipe made with full leaf black teas from around the world creates a rich,

aromatic brew sure to satisfy any time of day.

This stuff makes the grade, even when brewed in Miss6's kiddy china tea set (since I don't actually own a grown up tea pot). Which, incidentally, is the perfect size for a single cup of tea. Thank you Dora the Explorer.

Tea is a personal thing. I've learnt this after 20 years of failing to make the perfect cup for #1 Nana. So if you like your tea weak, I'm guessing you can still make the perfect cup from this blend. If you like your tea strong, this is the stuff for you. There was no bitter after-taste either, which I have found with some brands.

Toby's Estate's range of teas is enormous. As with the coffee, head to their website for further details and ordering.

95 comments:

When I had small children my favourite place would have been the smallest room...at about 2am to ensure alone time! Now I'm a grandma it's the moment the whirling Dervishes go home to their mum and stop making me play.

In my dreams in a gorgeous little cottage with a white picket fence, situated on a cliff face with a magnificent view of the ocean! In reality, I'd enjoy the Products of Awesome in my unit dreaming of a gorgeous little cottage with a white picket fence, situated on a cliff face with a magnificent view of the ocean :)

Liked on Facebook, Shared on Twitter, Subscribed to Blog and Commented :)

Oh Yay! I can just see me enjoying these sitting in a play wild, under a beautiful (and enormous..it must be enormous) oak tree, with my favourite book, or any book intact....a trashy mag might even do....with a elaborately painted sign hanging from a branch reading...."STFU! I'M BUSY!" Now that...is my idea of a little slice of heaven.

Liked as All About Rachel on facebook.Shared from rachiepie6 on twitter.Favourite place(s) to enjoy wine (or any alcohol) and/or coffee: My parents' place (currently living there), my best friend's house or my boyfriend's best friend's house, his wife loves wine and coffee too.

Well, for me, the best place to enjoy all three, would be under a shady tree on the river, warm day, gentle breeze, some dear friends or just the dear wife nearby. Comfy chair and some wildlife, not the biting type, making gentle sounds in the surrounds. Ahhhhhhhhh, group hug.

I would love to enjoy these little luxuries Anywhere there is silence. Anywhere I don't have to hear..Mum, I am hungry. Mum, I need a drink, mum, I am bored. Mum, what can I do now? Mum, what are we doing tomorrow?

Taylors - Over water bure in Fiji (But I'll settle for over paddle pool deck chair in backyard)Yellowglen - Day spa in Hunter Valley (Again, will settle for cucumbers over the eyes with best girls in backyard)Toby's - Anwhere, anytime, anyhow

Okay I follow your fun blog, I 'like' you on FB, I follow you on Twitter, I liked the Taylors Wines, Yellowglen Spritz & Toby's Estate. I shared the comp & tagged you. I think it is time we go on holidays together? ;) I am more than happy to sample any of those delightful wares anyone I can hide from the school holiday rampaging offspring.

5 entries I do believe: Liked all three and Parental Parody on Facebook, shared on FB and my fave place to parktake in sparkling spritz - anywhere, because I always take the weather, and party, with me!

Ohhh mine is at home, I just love my hubby and my 3 little kids and want to freeze these last couple of days forever in time. My eldest starts school on Tuesday xoxoxo Thanks so much for the opportunity Amanda from Amanda's Mummy Jeans xoxox

I 'like' you on FB, I follow you on Twitter, I liked the Taylors Wines, Yellowglen Spritz & Toby's Estate. I shared the comp & tagged you, i am lyndel marshall rowe on facebook, i would share with my friend who has been through a tough few months,for relaxtion and good times

Like on Facebook (there really needs to be a love button though!) And I would most definitely love to enjoy this Giveaway of Awesome all by myself in my garden, having a little taste of all each day :)

Four entries please (I won't annoy you by commenting separately for each one!)1. Following you via Networked Blogs2. Have liked all 3 giveaway pages on Facebook and left nice messages on their walls 3. Shared on Facebook (Public and tagged you)4. I'm not fussy - anywhere in Perth will do (King's Park might be nice) as long as there are no children around :D